Flight software and aerospace systems engineering for space exploration and Earth observation
Red Canyon Engineering builds embedded flight software, command & control systems, and space weather instruments for government and commercial aerospace programs. The stack is heavily weighted toward real-time embedded systems (C/C++, VxWorks, FPGA, SpaceWire) paired with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GovCloud, Kubernetes), revealing a shift toward hybrid deployment models in compliance-heavy environments — a pattern confirmed by their stated pain around secure cloud support. Hiring is engineering-only and senior-weighted, indicating either deep specialization or a gap in operations and program management.
Red Canyon Engineering & Software, founded in 2000 and based in Denver, CO, develops flight software, systems integration, and instruments for space exploration and Earth observation missions. Their customer base spans NASA, NOAA, NREL, JPL, DOD, and commercial aerospace contractors including Lockheed Martin Space, Raytheon, SpaceX, and Blue Origin. The company holds SBA HUBZone and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business certifications. Current project work includes satellite flight software platforms, SpaceWire core implementations, space weather instruments, observatories, command & control system integration, and automation orchestration solutions across hybrid cloud environments.
C/C++, VxWorks, FPGA, SpaceWire, Python, Embedded Linux, AWS, Azure, GovCloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, React, JavaScript, SQL Server, Jira, Cucumber, Cypress, and Zephyr Scale.
NASA, NOAA, NREL, JPL, and DOD. Commercial clients include Lockheed Martin Space, Raytheon, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Honeywell, Ball Aerospace, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and Maxar.
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